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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) has announced additional support for its Junior department by making it the beneficiary of its annual fundraising appeal.   Donations made through the RBC box office will enable the purchase of more high quality ‘junior’ instruments, ensuring they are available...

Principal Stephen Maddock shares his autumn highlights, some important guests including the new Master of King’s Music Errollyn Wallen and legendary folk group Fairport Convention, as well as the launch of the RBC French Season, among other news.

Two first-year BMus students have been awarded instrument grants by the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Hear from Performance Department Manager Christina Hancock, who joined RBC in July. Her role involves facilitating large ensemble music performances and working alongside colleagues in arts organisations around the city to maximise opportunities for students.

BMus student Beth Taylor performed in the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in a semi-staged production of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Friday 16 August. 

British Theatre Guide describes British-Israeli-Palestinian co-production, Rebels and Patriots, written and performed by graduates, as “one of the most important plays of this year’s Edinburgh Festival”.

Third-year BMus student Jemima Soper has received a bronze medal in the Senior Fiddle Slow Airs competition in the All-Ireland Fleadh, the world championships for Irish music. 

Hear from Head of Development at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) Terry Gibson, who joined Birmingham City University in June, and is excited to work for a world-class Conservatoire and connect philanthropists with students.

Eastside Jazz Club at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire blasts opens its doors for a brand new jazz season promising superb guest artists, talented students, a great atmosphere and affordable prices.   Getting the season underway on Thursday 12 September, celebrated German pianist and...

Four RBC alumni – Alicia Hillman, Ewan Wright, Nicole Micheli and Emily Plumb – were recently invited to perform at the third European Saxophone Congress in Trento, Italy. They performed in two British ensembles at the festival – the Yugen Saxophone Quartet and Couple of Saxes Duo.

A dozen students shone in auditions and have been appointed as scholars to sing in selected concerts with Ex Cathedra in the coming season.

BA Acting student Erin Findlay has been awarded one of the industry’s largest bursaries, the Clothworkers’ Laurence Olivier Bursary, worth £10,000.

Staff, students and alumni will join forces at the summer festival Garsington Opera for Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.

A new musical directed by RBC staff and alumni will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the first-ever recorded match of lawn tennis, which took place in the West Midlands.

Junior Conservatoire alumnus Jeevan Briach has received a glowing review from The Guardian’s Chief Theatre Critic Arifa Akbar for his part as young steam train and main protagonist, Rusty, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express.